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Knowing Who Your Friends Are CD

Ten-track album that mixes timeless happy-sad songwriting with Europop beats, big disco choruses and cool female vocals. It's already invited comparisons with the Lightning Seeds, Even as we Speak, St. Etienne and Dubstar. The album was produced by Mike Jones, of early '90s chartsters Voice of the Beehive. "It's good to work with a proper pop star," says Duncan. "Most studio engineers and producers don't really understand pop music - they're all into heavy metal and jazz. We've had some terrible times before. But Mike brings something extra to our songs, an extra pop touch. And he's full of stories about Top of the Pops and Feargal Sharkey, which is always a bonus." Kaleida are fans of New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Francoise Hardy, Pulp, The Man From Delmonte, Rezillos and Dusty Springfield. Spanish import.